Impact of water quality on municipal water price and residential water demand and implications for water supply benefits

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Piper, Steven ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Water cost model; Water quality; Water use model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

MUNICIPLE WATER SUPPLY; WATER PRICE;

WATER RESOURCES;

POPULATION DENSITY; PRICE DETERMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1542541358     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001592     Document Type: Article

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